. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. DAVIDSON, JAMES : Captain, ; son of William Davidson ; born Gamrie, 2 7August 1888 ; enteredAberdeen University in1906, and after a verydistinguished career,during which he car-ried off practically allthe principal medalsand prizes, he gradu-ated , with Hon-ours, as the most dis-tinguished graduate ofhis year in 1911. Hewas then appointedjunior assistant to theProfessor of. Anatomyresident hospital appointments at Aberdeenand Derby. Davidson was a zealous worker,but that was not all ; his zeal extended toevery phase of University life
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. DAVIDSON, JAMES : Captain, ; son of William Davidson ; born Gamrie, 2 7August 1888 ; enteredAberdeen University in1906, and after a verydistinguished career,during which he car-ried off practically allthe principal medalsand prizes, he gradu-ated , with Hon-ours, as the most dis-tinguished graduate ofhis year in 1911. Hewas then appointedjunior assistant to theProfessor of. Anatomyresident hospital appointments at Aberdeenand Derby. Davidson was a zealous worker,but that was not all ; his zeal extended toevery phase of University life and earned forhim the esteem of his fellow students. On 1 September 1914 he obtained a com-mission in the , and served in Eng-land for one year, then crossed to France,where for over two years he saw much of theheaviest fighting and was mentioned in dis-patches, August 1916. He was reported mis-sing at 30 November 1917, andafterwards presumed killed on or about thatdate. By his untimely death a promisingcareer was cut and afterwards held 77 IN MEMORIAM.
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